CN102004140B - Gas detector with visual compliance verification - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a gas detector with a visual compliance verification. A multi-sensor gas detector includes circuitry to evaluate if the detector is in compliance with predetermined safety requirements. Where the detector is in compliance, then a confidence indicator is intermittently activated at a predetermined frequency. Where the detector is out of compliance, the indicator is not activated providing indicia that the detector needs maintenance.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to detector.More particularly, the present invention relates to such detector, it is shown, and corresponding detecting device meets (in compliance with) relate to test and calibration organization security policy vision instruction.
Background technology
Usually the detector that may use in poisonous or explosion environment is made regular check on to meet applicable safety standard.Frequent manual examinations device examination can application standard to determine whether (one or more) corresponding units meets.
Such standard comprises determines whether corresponding detecting device is exposed to one or more gases corresponding termly, and this is commonly called impact (bump) test.In addition, usually require that periodic calibration is with in accordance with applicable safety standard.Examination is assess accordance (compliance), and the examination implemented based on detecting device one by one very slowly and expensive.
There are the needs to substantially automatically providing based on the compliance information of detecting device one by one.Preferably provide such function when not changing the form factor of this detecting device or weight and substantially not increasing its cost.
Summary of the invention
The present invention relates to a kind of detector, comprising: shell, described shell Bearer Control circuit; And accordance indicator, carried by described shell and be coupled to described control circuit, wherein said control circuit activates described indicator off and on and meets to indicate described detecting device the alignment requirements established in advance.
The invention still further relates to a kind of method of establishing detector and whether meeting preset standard.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Fig. 1 is the block diagram embodying detecting device of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of the operating aspect of the detecting device of pictorial image 1.
Embodiment
Although embodiments of the invention can adopt many different forms, but its specific embodiment is shown in the drawings and its specific embodiment will be described in the text in detail, wherein should be appreciated that the disclosure is counted as the example of the principle of the invention and carries out the optimal mode of the principle of the invention, and the disclosure is not intended to limit the invention to illustrated specific embodiment.
In the embodiment of this detecting device, the information about the nearest trial of correcting device can be stored in a detector, and whether described information comprises this calibration and attempt being completed successfully.If calibration is recently attempted not being completed successfully, then can forbid vision and/or sense of hearing accordance indicator.
In addition, the information whether successfully completing nearest shock-testing about detecting device can be stored in a detector.If successfully do not complete this to calibrate trial recently, then can forbid vision and/or sense of hearing accordance indicator.
Preferably, only when successfully completing calibration trial recently and also successfully completing nearest shock-testing, vision and/or audible indicator is activated.Such as, in this example, as long as these two kinds of situations all meet just can provide green flashing indicator.
The number and the respective detection technology that it will be understood to those of skill in the art that the gas sensor that detecting device carries are not restrictions of the present invention.In addition, the form factor of detecting device or its weight and the type of gas grade instruction that provides thus are not restrictions of the present invention.
In one aspect of the invention, shell can carry multiple gas sensor, and display apparatus visually presents gas concentration information.The control circuit being coupled to all the sensors and display device can be provided.
Other situations instruction visual apparatus of such as light emitting diode (LED) and so on can be coupled to control circuit to provide the information of the detector state except gas concentration etc.Such status information can comprise alarm indicator and trust (confidence) or accordance indicator.
Can come together to implement control circuit with programmable processor and the embedded Control software that is associated at least partly.The processor be combined with control software design, when performing this control software design, can locally store about when attempting calibration recently and its whether successful date and time mark.The date and time of the nearest trial of all right storage implementation shock-testing and test result.
As long as recently calibration is successful and another calibration is attempted also not having expired, as long as and shock-testing is recently successful and another does not also have expired, then and control circuit will activate trust or accordance indicator off and on.Such as, corresponding LED can be made regularly to glimmer visually to indicate this detecting device to meet.Thus, can periodic excitement green LED, make it glimmer to provide detecting device to meet the various recognizable mark of applicable safety requirements or policy.If not so, then stop activating green LED.
It will be understood to those of skill in the art that the operation of accordance indication LED or its stop not affecting by the gas sensing function of detecting device continued.But monitor staff in region etc. easily can see and easily determine whether all detecting devices in current location (immediate location) meet, and manually need not carry out the examination of each.In addition, incongruent detecting device can be replaced immediately.
Fig. 1 diagram is according to exemplary detectors 10 of the present invention.Detecting device 10 comprises shell 12, and this shell 12 carries multiple different gas sensor or peripheral situation sensor (usually indicating with 16 in sensor pcb 18).
Sensor board 18 communicates via interface 24 and main printed circuit board 20 (it carries the control circuit 22 of control software design 22b comprising processor 22a and be associated).Control circuit 22 activates LCD MODULE 30 such as, to illustrate gas concentration or other interested peripheral situation, temperature, does not allly all limit.
Various alarm condition can be indicated via vibrator units 32a, hummer 32b and alarm indication LED (its possibility red-emitting).Accordance, trust LED (its possibility transmitting green light) 34 visual indicias providing detecting device 10 to meet applicable security process and standard as mentioned above (when glimmering).When do not exist meet time, LED 34 is not activated.Even in incongruent situation, control circuit 22 still from sensor 16 Received signal strength, produce gas, temperature concentration etc. and suitable signal is transmitted to display module 30.
Replaceable battery 40 makes detecting device 10 be energized.Will be understood that, the particular characteristics of battery 40 is not restriction of the present invention.
Fig. 2 diagram carrys out the block diagram of the method 100 of operations detector 10 according to the present invention.As 102 places, during normal detecting device operation, whether control circuit 22 is assessed previous calibration and is attempted successful.If success, then whether control circuit 22 has been established (establish) prefixed time interval since recently calibration and is pass by, as 104 places.If not free calibrating sensors, then whether successfully control circuit 22 assesses previous shock-testing, as 106 places.If previous shock-testing is successful, then whether control circuit establishment prefixed time interval since nearest shock-testing is implemented passes by, as 108 places.If the frequency that no, then trust indicator LED 34 specifies according to user is glistened.Alternatively, accordance indicator is by disabled or do not glisten.
As noted above like that, detecting device 10 can implementation method 100 while the nominal gas implementing this detecting device and environment sense operation substantially.Therefore, even when accordance indication LED 34 is not activated, display 30 continues to provide instruction Vib. 32a, hummer 32b and LED 32c continues the visual information that is energized to indicate sensed alarm condition and alarm.
According to foregoing teachings, it will be appreciated that and can realize many changes and amendment when without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Should be appreciated that, do not intend or should not infer the restriction about specific device shown in this paper.Certainly, intend to cover by claims all such modifications fallen in right.
Claims (1)
1. a detector, comprising:
Shell, described shell Bearer Control circuit;
Accordance indicator, is carried by described shell and is coupled to described control circuit, and wherein said control circuit activates described indicator off and on and meets to indicate described detecting device the alignment requirements established in advance; And
Programmable processor, store about when attempting calibration recently and its whether successfully date and time mark the date and time of the nearest trial of storage implementation shock-testing and test result, as long as calibration is recently successful and another calibration is attempted also not expired, as long as and recently shock-testing is successful and another does not also have expired, then accordance indicator will be activated off and on.
2. detecting device according to claim 1, whether wherein said processor is assessed the calibration information prestored and is attempted successful with the calibration before determining.
3. detecting device according to claim 2, if calibration wherein is before attempted successfully, then described processor determines whether that the predetermined time interval that next calibration is attempted passes.
4. detecting device according to claim 3, if wherein to next calibration attempt predetermined time interval also do not pass, then described processor determine whether before shock-testing successful.
5. detecting device according to claim 4, if shock-testing wherein before successfully, then described processor determines whether pass to the predetermined time interval of next shock-testing.
6. detecting device according to claim 5, if wherein also do not passed to the predetermined time interval of next shock-testing, then activates described indicator with preset frequency.
7. detecting device according to claim 6, comprise the control software design that prestores with in conjunction with described processor to implement indicator activation.
8. detecting device according to claim 7, comprises the multiple gas sensors being coupled to described control circuit.
9. detecting device according to claim 8, the gas concentration information received from described sensor assessed by wherein said processor when performing the software prestored.
10. detecting device according to claim 9, comprises multidimensional display device, and wherein said control circuit activates described display device, thus substantially while the described accordance indicator of activation, provides vision gas concentration information.
11. detecting devices according to claim 10, comprise the real-time clock being coupled to described control circuit, and described control circuit combines the calibration information prestored and establishes when implement next calibration process.
12. 1 kinds of methods of establishing detector and whether meeting preset standard, comprising:
Whether determine that previous calibration is attempted is successful;
If previous calibration is attempted being successful, then determine until whether the predetermined time interval of next calibration trial that will complete passes;
If until the predetermined time interval that next calibration that will complete is attempted also does not pass, then determine that whether previous shock-testing is successful;
If previous shock-testing successfully, is then determined until whether the different predetermined time intervals of next shock-testing that will complete pass; And
If until the predetermined time interval of next shock-testing that will complete also does not pass, then activate trust indicator.
13. methods according to claim 12, comprise and activate described trust indicator off and on preset frequency.
14. methods according to claim 12, comprise and substantially sense multiple environmental aspect simultaneously.
15. methods according to claim 14, provide the visual indicia about selected environmental aspect while being included in the described trust indicator of activation.
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